Calendar Girls Starts Our 2018 Season – Tickets Now Available

 In 1812 Productions

Rehearsals have now started for our first production of the year – Calendar Girls – and it’s already shaping up with a lot of laughs.
We hope everyone had a great holiday break, and we cannot wait to welcome you back to the theatre.

About the production:
When Annie’s husband John dies of leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an “alternative” calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence.

The news of the women’s charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame.

Based on the true story of eleven women who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund, Calendar Girls opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 22nd February to 18th March, 2018